Consultation-liaison in child psychiatry: a review of the past 10 years. Part II: Research on treatment approaches and outcomes.
OBJECTIVE
To critically review the research and reports on consultation-liaison psychiatry in the past 10 years.


METHODS
Articles contributing to the conceptualization of child psychiatric consultation in medical, epidemiological, and nonmedical domains were reviewed.


RESULTS
Information was organized into methodology and treatment outcome categories. Nonmedical consultation articles were briefly reviewed. Articles reporting therapeutic techniques in consultation-liaison work and outcome studies are described.


CONCLUSIONS
In spite of constraints imposed by managed care upon referral to specialists, the current epoch finds child psychiatrists both better equipped and more compelled to use their skills in innovative ways to help children in different domains.
Knapp
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Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of California Davis, USA.
Harris
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D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000639:trends*; D012107:Research Design